Rosemary - Artist Trading Card

Rosemary - Artist Trading Card (2.5" x 3.5") or Full page (3.5" x 5.25")

SOLD

Italian Parsley - Artist Trading Card

Italian Parsley - Artist Trading Card - Small Ink and Watercolor Painting

SOLD

2.5" x 3.5" - standard size for Artist Trading Card.  May be purchased as full sketchbook page (3.5" x 5.25"

Jade Plant - Artist Trading Card

Posted on Daily Paintworks Auction!

Jade Plant - Ink and Watercolor - Artist Trading Card (2.5" x 3.5").  May be purchased as full page for framing (3.5" x 5.25") showing white border and title.... see below

Click here to bid..... Jade Plant - Artist Trading Card

Visit my store at ChrisCarterArt.com for other items available for purchase online.

Family Treasures No. 24, Wooden Scribes

Family Treasures No. 24, Wooden Scribes

My father began teaching me to use hand tools at the age of three.  This wooden scribe was among the many tools in his workshed.

Now listed on the Daily Paintworks Auction.  Click here to bid

Drawn first in ink with a fountain pen, followed by watercolor washes.

Image Size: 6.75" x 10" matted to 11" x 14", archival matting.  Unframed

Family Treasures No. 16, The Glass Lady

One of a series of 100 paintings of Family Treasures.

Posted today on the Daily Paintworks Auction.  Click here to bid.

My mother's round, green tin where she stored her wooden spools of thread for mending.

Trumpet Parts No. 91

One of a series of 100 drawings and paintings of broken, bent trumpet parts...

Trumpet Parts No. 91 with Dice

Listed today on Daily PaintWorks Auction.

Click here to bid.

Blues Jam Saxophone Player

Blues Saxophone Player ... Painted during a Blues Jam in Easton, PA.

Listed today on Daily Paintworks Auction

click here to bid.

Ink and Watercolor Painting

Trumpet Parts No. 52

One of a series of 100 drawings and paintings of broken and bent trumpet parts.

Listed today on Daily Paintworks Auction.

Click here to bid.

Trumpet Parts No. 35

Trumpet Parts No. 35, with Oxalis Plant and Fountain Pen Cap.

 

Ink and Watercolor on sketchbook paper.

Listed on Daily Paintworks Auction.  Click here to bid.

Family Treasures No. 10, Twin Handled Hand Drill

One of my father's beautiful tools I used as a child.

Family Treasures No. 10, Twin Handled Hand Drill

Color Scheme: Analogous with Split Complements

Dominant Color: Yellow Orange

Salt and Pepper, Family Treasures No. 8

Another view of the Salt and Pepper Shakers:

Family Treasures No. 8

Available on Daily Paintworks Auction

Click here to bid

Watercolor Still life Painting.  Image size 5" x 7"

Family Treasures No. 7, China Salt and Pepper Shakers

China Salt and Pepper Shakers, Family Treasures No. 7

 

Listed today on Daily Paintworks Auction 

Click here to bid

Family Treasures No. 6, Afternoon Nap

Family Treasures No. 6, Afternoon Nap
 
 The elephant teacups are part of the china tea set my family used in the 50's when eating pancakes or waffles for breakfast.

Click here to bid

Trumpet Parts No. 42

Trumpet Parts No. 42, from the series of 100 drawings and paintings of trumpet parts, listed today on the Daily PaintWorks Auction. Click here to Bid

Trumpet Parts No. 50 with Twelve Sided Die

Listed today on the Daily PaintWorks Auction Click here to bid. One of a series of 100 drawings and paintings inspired by a box of bent and discarded trumpet parts. The color scheme was determined by playing The Color Scheme Game.

V.D. King Playing Saxophone

Now listed on Daily PaintWorks Auction.

V.D. King playing Saxophone. Painted during the weekly Big Ed Sullivan's Monday Night Blues Jam at The Grisly Pear in the West Village, NYC on October 17, 2011. Click here to bid.

Blues Musicians at The Grisly Pear, NYC

Painted during Big Ed Sullivan's Monday Night Blues Jam at The Grisly Pear in New York City on January 30, 2012. The Blues Jam is now being held at The Red Lion. Click here to bid on the Daily Paintworks Auction.

JT playing Blues Guitar at The Grisly Pear

Blues Guitar player, JT, at Big Ed Sullivan's weekly Blues Jam at The Grisly Pear, NYC.

The Blues Jam has moved from The Grisly Pear to the Red Lion. This painting of JT playing guitar has just been posted on the Daily PaintWorks Auction. Click here to bid.

Rooting Oxalis Plant in Glass Ball Jar

Rooting Oxalis Plant in Glass Ball Jar is now available on my Etsy Store.

This sketchbook painting was drawn first with fountain pen as a line drawing. I added watercolor using an analogous color scheme of greens and yellows. This is part of the series of morning sketches created using The Color Scheme Game. Image Size: 4.75 inches by 7.5 inches matted to 11" x 14", unframed. Click here to purchase.

The Violinist

The Violinist, Ink and Watercolor by Chris Carter

Click here to bid. Painted during an Old Timey Music Jam at Mannion's Irish Pub in Somerville, NJ, February 21, 2012.

Trumpet Parts No. 51

Pin It

Listed today on Daily Paintworks Auction. Click here to bid.

Trumpet Parts No. 51, part of a 100 painting series of trumpet parts. Ink and Watercolor Sketch.
Color Scheme of Triad with Split Complements determined by The Color Scheme Game posted on my blog Creative Color.

Rooting Oxalis, Modified Triad Color Scheme

Pin It

Listed this morning on the Daily Paintworks Auction. Click here to bid.

Ink and Watercolor sketch. Modified Triad Color Scheme of Red, Orange and Yellow.

Rooting Oxalis in Ball Jar

Pin It

Rooting Oxalis in Ball Jar is now listed on the Daily PaintWorks Auction. Click to bid.

This is the first painting offered for sale from the sketchbook drawings inspired by The Color Scheme Game, a game in which the artist throws dice to determine color scheme and dominant color. The purpose of the game is to sharpen color skills and to break old color palette habits.

The color scheme for Rooting Oxalis in Ball Jar is a Complementary Color Scheme. The dominant color is Red/Violet. The complement of Red/Purple is Green/Yellow

Rainy Winter Morning

Rainy Winter Morning, January 27, 2012
En plein air, oil painting on wood panel, 5" x 5"
unframed, signed on bottom right corner

Listed on Daily Paintworks Auction: click here to bid

Thank you for viewing my art.

Visit my website and blogs:
website: www.chriscarterart.com
blog: Third Time Around
blog: Creative Color
Daily Paintworks Gallery: Chris Carter
Etsy Store: Chris Carter Artist

January Landscape Transformed

Oil painting on wood panel, 5" x 5", signed in bottom right corner, unframed
Painted en plein air, January 24, 2012
Backyard shadows transformed into imaginary landscape

Listed on Daily Paintworks Auction: Click here to bid

a painting...whenever: Shea Hembrey: How I became 100 artists

Wow.... I might start my day, every day for a week, by watching this clip.

a painting...whenever: Shea Hembrey: How I became 100 artists

Fog Lifting, en plein air oil painting, 5 x 5

Fog Lifting
Oil painting, en plein air landscape painted in the early morning as the fog lifted.
5" x 5", signed in bottom left corner
Muted Palette

Listed today on the Daily Paintworks Auction: Click here to bid.

Foggy Morning, January 23, 2012, Simplicity of Shapes

Foggy Morning Landscape by Chris Carter

Oil on wood panel, 5" x 5", en plein air
Painted with limited palette in my backyard.

Listed on Daily Paintworks Auction. Click here to bid.

Foggy Morning, January 23, 2012, En Plein Air Oil Painting

Foggy Morning, January 23, 2012 ... en plein air oil painting landscape
5" x 5" oil on wood panel
Signed in bottom left corner

To purchase please visit my Etsy Store.

To view all small paintings for sale visit my Daily Paintworks Gallery.

Thank you for viewing my art.

Backyard trip to Provence, France

Backyard trip to Provence, France by Chris Carter

Oil on wood panel, 5" x 5" en plein air (with a heavy touch of imagination)
Unframed, signed on bottom left corner.

Click here to bid.

Washington Road Department Building

Washington Road Department Building behind Gibson's Gym, Washington, NJ.
Oil on gessoed wood panel, 5" x 8"
Painted this morning, demolition day. The building will be gone by the end of the week. I will miss the little windows and the faded blue paint.

Posted on Daily Paintworks Auction. Click here to bid.

Hand Blown Glass Vase, Oil Painting, Still Life, 5x5

Hand Blown Glass Vase, oil Painting, Still Life 5x5, painted March 5, 2011
Signed on bottom right corner.

I purchased this beautiful Glass Art Vase in the late seventies. I still treasure it.

To purchase please click here.

Visit my online gallery at Daily Paintworks.

Misty Winter Morning

I joined Daily Paintworks this morning. For over a year I have followed and occasionally participated in the Daily Paintworks Challenges. Over the next few weeks I will be testing the links and workings of my Daily Paintworks Gallery to see how it connects with my website and my blogs.

Oil painting on wood panel, approximately 5" x 8"

Click to buy on Etsy